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American minor league baseball players major in Olympics

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Brandon Knight did all of six sprints from pole to pole in the outfield during the U.S. baseball teams first practice before he grew seriously tired. Full Article at The News Review

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    SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 16 months ago
  2. My guys are professional; they are all knocking on the big league door
    Davey Johnson Davey Johnson SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 16 months ago
  3. It's interesting. It's certainly not the way traditionalists would want a game to end
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  4. Hopefully we can show not only the U.S. but the whole world that baseball is our national pastime and make it a big deal on the international scene, too.
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  5. Hopefully there are no tie games and it doesn't come into play
    Brett Anderson SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 16 months ago
  6. Hopefully we'll get it back in 2016, but if this is the last one, we have to make the last one count ... We need to go out with a bang.
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  7. We know it's not going to be easy
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  8. Everybody wants to beat us in baseball. We know we're kind of marked.
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  9. It'd be nice to win it and display the sport at a high enough level where the Olympic Committee changes its mind
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  10. I think it's just finally caught up with me, all the travel. It's been interesting that's for sure ... I wouldn't miss it. It's all worth it. It's special, absolutely surreal.
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